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Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1955
CHF 50,000 hammer
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “Watercolour and tempera on firm, cream-coloured wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 56.3 x 45 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 282: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries</P><P>Live Auction (282)
- Date
- September 12, 2024
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 678
- Estimate
- CHF 50,000 – — (≈ $58,510) (≈ £44,859) (≈ €53,114)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
- Galerie d'Art Moderne, Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel, acquired there on 15 September 1959 from
- Trix Dürst-Haas Collection, Muttenz, by inheritance to
- Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (4)
- Basel 1959, Galerie D'Art Moderne, Marie-Suzanne Feigel, summer exhibition, cat. no. 11
- Basel 1968, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis, cat. no. 99
- Karlsruhe 1968, Badischer Kunstverein, Sam Francis, cat. no. 65
- Amsterdam 1968, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, cat. no. 78
Literature (2)
- Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the numbers SF55-149, SF58-059 and SF58-049 and is listed in the Online Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper under the number SFF5.308
- Galerie Carzaniga, catalogue for Art Basel 2015, cover picture
As published by Kornfeld.
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